Week # 14 - April 10, 2008

"Q: What did the blonde name her pet zebra? A: Spot."

Hate and absurdity humor. Social inequality and stereotyping.
 
Readings for Week 14:

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Berger, Arthur Asa: Huckleberry Finn as a Novel of the Absurd: Making Sense of an Existential Hero. In Anatomy of Humor. Transaction Publishers. 1998. Pp. 145-154.


Gruner, Charles, R: Drollery in Death, Destruction and Disaster. In Game of Humor. Transaction Publishers. 1997. Pp. 13-70.

Oring, Elliott: The Senses of Humor. Joke Thoughts. The Humor of Hate. Blonde Ambitions and Other Signs of the Times. In Engaging Humor. University of Illinois Press. 2003. Pp. 13-70.